CVE-2026-107612 (GCVE-0-2026-107612)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-08 13:39 – Updated: 2026-10-08 14:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
World-accessible IPC shared memory with predictable name in TightVNC Server
Summary
Incorrect permission assignment in GlavSoft TightVNC Server for Windows before 2.8.88 allows a local authenticated user to read or overwrite the inter-process communication handles used between the TightVNC service and its desktop server process. The named shared memory segment in the Global\ namespace that carries the pipe HANDLE values is created with a NULL DACL, and its name is derived from a time-seeded srand(time(0)) value that is predictable to one-second granularity. A low-privileged local process can open the mapping and tamper with the IPC channel of a service running as SYSTEM, potentially leading to disclosure of session data, privilege escalation, or denial of service.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-08 14:01 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://sourceforge.net/p/vnc-tight/bugs/1658/ | issue-tracking |
| https://www.tightvnc.com/whatsnew.php | release-notespatch |
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